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  1. Linus is back :) on Security Problems Are Primarily Just Bugs, Linus Torvalds Says (iu.edu) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    it is great to see that "kinder gentler Linus" has gone away and good old "kick 'em in the ass Linus" is back.

    Linus' outrageous remarks serve kernel development well

  2. video? anyone? on Linus Explains What Surprises Him After 25 Years Of Linux (linux.com) · · Score: 0

    youtube? vimeo?

  3. comcast customer remembers previous promises on Verizon, AT&T, Comcast Say They Will Not Sell Customer Browsing Histories (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    i don't want to talk about it

    basically, been burned so bad by comcast it physically hurts.

  4. Re:Oh, I see ... on First Remote-Access Trojan That Can Target Android, Linux, Mac and Windows · · Score: 0

    you have very little idea what any link is. just because it's from google doesn't mean it's harmless.

  5. i guess it changed on Torvalds: No Opinion On Systemd · · Score: 1

    strange, just a very few weeks ago systemd was "a bad idea" (http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2014/debconf14/webm/QA_with_Linus_Torvalds.webm). i guess the situation has improved, or something.

  6. not reliance on Google Outage: Internet Traffic Plunges 40% · · Score: 0

    it isn't "reliance on Google.com" that causes this. google has insinuated itself into very very many http transactions in such a way that the transactions do not complete if google is offline.

  7. readability report on Ask Slashdot: Using Code With an Expired Patent? · · Score: 0

    the link works for me with xubuntu maverick and firefox 3.6.18

  8. 24 hour delay on Shuttle Reentry Over the Continental US · · Score: 0

    weather caused a 24 hour delay. will try again tomorrow.

  9. recent cellphone radiation reports on Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure? · · Score: 0

    i suggest that you read the recent (and not so recent) reports that show greater risk of cancer under cell phone radiation.

  10. spelling correction on Passive-Aggressive Wi-Fi Hotspots · · Score: 2, Funny

    that is spelled $#!+

  11. fully encrypted ? on Verizon To Allow Skype Calling On Its Network · · Score: 0

    encryption only works if the bad guys don't have the keys

  12. RE: Did We Lose the Privacy War? on Did We Lose the Privacy War? · · Score: 0

    yes, we did

  13. Y2K vs. Y2K10 on 2016 Bug Hits Text Messages, Payment Processing · · Score: 0

    Are the negative effects of the Y2K10 bug worse than those of the Y2K bug ?

  14. sls softlanding systems omg on What Did You Do First With Linux? · · Score: 0

    it took forever to get it running. and then the mouse was unhappy. i don't know whether i want to remember or forget.

  15. Re:Try the CDFreaks Forums on How To Verify CD-R Data Retention Over Time? · · Score: 0

    The LITE-ON tech that I text chatted with did not know about linux versions of any of their programs.

  16. Low memory on How Big Should My Swap Partition Be? · · Score: 0

    would someone please tell us what role low memory plays. i have 3 gig of memory and and 8 gig of swap and i often trigger the oom killer because i have run out of low memory.

  17. Once more for the record. on Why Does Everyone Hate Microsoft? · · Score: 0

    I'm just fine with Bill Gates.
    I don't much care for Microsoft.
    I HATE windows.

  18. shenanigans! on IBM Denies Destroying Evidence in SCO Case · · Score: -1

    Thats just too much. SCO needs to have it's butt kicked.

  19. Re:Arkansas sux on Man's Vote for Himself Missing In E-Vote Count · · Score: 0

    yeah, but it sux in that special KKK vs. Catholic vs. Negro vs. Jew vs. everybody vs. everybody way

  20. Arkansas sux on Man's Vote for Himself Missing In E-Vote Count · · Score: 0

    It really does.

  21. Beware on The War Is Over, and Linux Has Won · · Score: 0

    Beware! Whom the gods would destroy, first they call "promising".

  22. I hate the yellow missing plug-in bar. on Ask a Mozilla Person About Firefox 2.0 · · Score: 0

    How to you make it permanently go away?

  23. Re:Employee on SGI Arises From the Ashes · · Score: 0

    Let me add my 2 cents and no that is not an offer to buy.

    You got skunked.
    You are the pivot man at this circle jerk.
    Don't cry for me Argentina.
    reference to anal rape deleted

  24. Tonto, Frankenstein on PS3 - Lateness With Linux? · · Score: 0

    TONTO: What you think of sony, Frankenstein?

    FRANKENSTEIN: UHRNNNNNH SONY BAD

  25. Snake and Gonzo on Patrick Volkerding Battles Mystery Illness · · Score: 0

    Maybe Snake or Gonzo can cure him.